Rubber garment



A. N. SPANEL RUBBER GARMENT Jan. 26, 1937.

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Original application August 6, 1934, Serial No.

738,669. Divided and this application December 19, 1935, Serial No.55,215

7 Claims. (Cl. 128-288) Present commercial rubber garments such as babypants, are bulky, inconvenient to apply and of relatively short life.Such baby pants are commonly made either by sewing together pieces ofrubberized fabric or else they are made by a cementing process, afterwhich reinforcing bor-.

ders are attached at the margins of the openings therein. Where arubberized fabric is employed, the garment has practically no elasticityand where the garment is made of sheet rubber it either has such limitedelasticity that it is difficult to apply to the wearer, or else it is soweak that, it tears easily, especially at the openings 30 and along theseams.

In accordance with the main feature of the present invention,.a rubbergarment, such as baby pants, is made of dipped latex of high elasticityand long life, which garment is made of one piece and without seams,even the reinforcing margins or borders of the openings being madeintegral with the garment so that it is composed of one homogeneous massof latex' rubber.

Another feature of the invention relates to a rubber garment in whichthe top opening is reinforced by a ridge or border of one character andthe margins of the leg openingstherein are reinforced by a border oredge of another character.

A further feature of the invention relates to a rubber garment providedwith a margin at its top opening, reinforced by a ridge having its crosssection semi-pear-shaped and provided with margins at the leg openingsreinforced by angular ridge's, which terminate in feather or torn edges.

An additional feature of the invention relates to a rubber garment inwhich the front and back top portions thereof are of unequal lengths,the edges of the margin of said portions being reinforced by a thickenedreinforcement of the material thereat.

A further feature of the invention relates to a rubber garment providedwith front and back portions which project to unequal distances andwhich have thickened integral reinforcements at their margin, thereinforcements being connected together at their ends by otherreinforcements defining ogee curves.

These and other features of the invention will appear from the detaileddescription and claims when taken with the drawings in which Fig. 1 is afront view of a rubber garment having abbreviated legs and made inaccordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevationthereof, and Fig. 315 an enlarged fragmentary sec- .tional view of thesame taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Fig. ,1; Fig. 4 is a frontview and Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a modified garment withoutabbreviated legs; Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary cross sectional viewof this modified garment taken substantially on the line 8-6 of Fig. 4;Fig. 7 is a front view of still a different modified garment which isprovided with abbreviated legs; Fig. 8 is a side elevation of thisgarment; Fig. 9 is a section thereof taken substantially on the line 9-9of Fig. '7 showing the type of reinforcement for the ventilating anddecorating openings in the front of the garment; Figs. 10 and 11 arerespectively a front view and a side view of a modified type of garmentin which the sides are provided with slits extending into the legopenings, which slits may be closed by buttons or other suitablefastening means after the garment has been applied to the wearer; Fig.12 is a sectional view through this garment taken on the line |2l2 ofFig. 10; Figs. 13 and 14 are respectively a front view and a side viewof a still different type of garment which is provided with a front flapadapted to be buttoned or fastened to the main portion of the garment;Fig. 15 is -a sectional view of this garment taken substantially on theline l5-l5 of Fig. 13; Figs. 16 and 17 are respectively a fragmentaryfront view and a fragmentary side view of still a different type ofgarment with a front flap, the edges of the garment at this flap beingstrengthened by reinforcements of a different character; Fig. 18 is afragmentary sectional view of the same taken substantially on the linel8-l 8 of Fig. 16 showing the reinforcement at the front flap.

Referring especially to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, 5 designates a seamlessrubber garment preferably derived from a deposition of latex or otherunmasticated rubber. The garmenthas a top opening 6, the margin 1 ofwhich, as best indicated in Fig. 3, is formed of an integral thickenedmass or ridge of the rubber substantially semi-pearshaped in crosssection. It will be.noted that the top portion ofthe back 8 of thegarment extends beyond the top portion of the front 9 thereof, althoughit will be understood that if so desired, the front 9 may extend beyondthe an attractive appearance, also giving more fabric to the back whereit is needed most, in order to adequately cover the buttocks area. Thelower portion of this garment as illustrated, is provided withabbreviated legs having. leg openings l2 and I3 therein, which facetoward the front of the garment as best illustrated in Fig. 1, asubstantial portion of the margin of said leg opening is offset withrespect to the remainder thereof, so that these portions are out ofregistry when the garment is flat. It will be noted that the margin ofthe garment at each leg opening is reinforced, as indicated at H in Fig.3, by an accumulation or ridge of rubber, integral with the rubber ofthe garment, which edge terminates in a torn or feather edge l5. Thisgarment is preferably provided with ventilating openings IS in each edgeof the garment, the material at the margin of each of these openingsbeing reinforced by an accumulation or ridge of rubber.

The modified form of garment l1 shown in Fig. 4 is similar to that justdescribed. However, this modified garment has no abbreviated legportions, but instead the leg openings l8 and I 9 are provided in themain portion of the garment. These leg openings face toward the front ofthe garment and have reinforced margins 20 similar to thosereinforcements, shown at M (Fig. 3), which terminate in torn or featheredges 2|. The exact character of -the reinforcement for the margin ofthe leg openings in this garment, may best be understood by reference tothe lower portion of Fig. 6. The front of the garment near its top isprovided with pairs of elongated openings 22 which serve not only toventilate the garment but are also adapted to receive ribbons or otherdecorative materials to improve the appearance of the garment. Thematerial at the margin of each of these openings is strengthened by anaccumulation 23 of the material of the garment and this accumulation mayterminate in a torn or feather edge 24 (Fig. 9.)

The modified garment 25 shown in Figs. 7, 8

and 9 is similar to the garments already. described. However, thisgarment has pronounced legs 26 and these legs are provided with a rim 2!surrounding the openings 28 in the leg, although the rim may be omittedif desired. The material at the margins of these openings isstrengthened by a reinforcement 29 which terminates in a torn or featheredge similar to that shown at 2| in Fig. 6. This garment is alsoprovided with ventilating openings 30 which are similar to the openings22 (in Fig. 4).

The modified garment 35 shown in Figs. 10, 11, and 12 is similar to thatillustrated in Figs.- 1, 2, and 3, but differs therefrom in that the legopenings l6 and 31 are extended by slits 38 and 39 communicating withthe leg openings. slits serve to enlarge the leg openings in order tofacilitate applying the garment to the wearer, but after the garment hasbeen applied, suitable fastening means such as buttons ll (Fig. 10)inserted in each pair of button holes 40, function to close the slit.Not only the margins of the leg openings 36 and 31, but also the marginsof the material at the slits 38 and 39 are reinforced by an angularaccumulation 42 of the material of the garment, which accumulationterminates in a torn or feather edge 43. Each of the buttonholes 40, hasits margin reinforced by an annu- These I lar accumulation of thematerial of the garment, which accumulation may terminate in a torn orfeather edge 45.

The modified garment 46 shown in Figs. 13, 14, and 15 differs from theforegoing garments in that a front flap 4'! is provided therefor, sothat if the garment is worn by a baby, the diapers may be removedwithout removing the garment, merely by opening .this flap. The flap 41is defined by a slit 48 in the material at the front of the garment,which slit communicates with the leg openings 49 and 50, which arereinforced in a manner already described. The margins of the material atthe slit is reinforced as indicated in Fig. 15 by angular accumulationsSI of, the material of the garment, which accumulations terminate intorn or feather edges 52. It will be noted that the garment is providedwith pairs of buttonholes 53, to receive buttons or other fasteningmeans for holding the flap closed, one opening of each pair being in thefront of the garment and the other opening being in the flap thereof.The margins of these openings 83 are likewise strengthened by anaccumulation 54 of the material of the garment which accumulation mayterminate in a torn or feather edge 53.

The modified garment shown in Figs. 16, 17, and 18 differs from thegarment last described. in that the reinforced margins on the flap andon the adjacent portion of the garment front are of different character,as illustrated in Fig. 18. In this last-mentioned figure, it will benoted that the edge of the front of the garment .is reinforced by anangular accumulation Sl terminating in a torn or feather edge 51,whereas, the adjacent edge of the flap is reinforced by an accumulation58, which accumulation in cross section' is substantiallysemi-pear-shaped or semi-oval. It will be appreciated that during themanufacture of the garment the accumulations 58 and 58 are connectedtogether and in order to separate them the material is torn thereat.

While the reinforced edges referred to may be made bytearing, andpreferably terminate in thin or feather edges, it will be understoodthat the invention is not limited thereto, but if desired the edge ofthe garment adjacent the reinforced accumulations may be developed bycut-.

' ting or dieing out the excess material.

a shape herein referred to as definitely fixed or permanently set" incharacter.

What I claim is:

1. A pair of seamless deposited rubber pants having a top openingtherein defined by an uninterrupted margin and having leg openingstherein, said pants having a definite normal shape permanently set incharacter, the mar- .gins of said pants at said openings beingstrengthened by reinforcements of rubber integral' therewith.

2. A pair of seamless deposited pants of unmasticated rubber having atop opening therein defined by an uninterrupted margin and having legopenings therein, said pants having a definite normal shape "permanentlyset in character, substantial portions of the margins of said pants atsaid openings being reinforcedby accreted ridges of rubber integraltherewith.

3. A pair of seamless deposited rubber pants having a top openingtherein defined by an uninterrupted margin and having leg openingstherein, said pants having a definite normal shape permanently se incharacter, the mar gin of said pants at said top opening having ofisetportions and being reinforced by a ridge of rubber integral therewith.

4. A pair of seamless deposited rubber pants having a top openingtherein defined by an uninterrupted margin and having leg openingstherein, said pants having a definite normal shape "permanently set incharacter, the margin of said pants at each of said leg openings havingportions offset with respect to each other, said margins beingreinforced by ridges of rubber integral therewith.

5. A pair of deposited seamless rubber pants provided with a top openingand leg openings therein, said pants having a definite normal shapepermanently set in character and bein provided with a flap defined by a.slit communicating with said leg openings, the free edges of said pantsbeing provided with reinforcing ridges integral therewith.

6. A pair of deposited seamless rubber pantsprovided with a top openingand leg openings defined by integrally reinforced margins of said pants,said pants having a definite normal shape "permanently set in characterand being provided with a flap defined by a slit communicating with theleg openings, the edges of said pants at said slit being provided withreinforcing ridges integral therewith, one of said last-mentioned ridgesbeing rounded in cross section and the other of said ridges beingangular in cross sec tion.

7. A pair of seamless deposited rubber pants having a top openingtherein defined by an uninterrupted margin. and having leg openingstherein, said pants having a definite normal shape permanently set incharacter, the margin of said pants at each of said openings havingportions offset with respect to each other, all of said margins beingreinforced by ridges of rubber integral therewith.

ABRAHAM N. SPANEL.

